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  • Human Factors for Connected Vehicles Transit Bus Research
    Human Factors for Connected Vehicles Transit Bus Research
    Graving, Justin ;
    Bacon-Abdelmoteleb, Paige
    2019-05-01 | PDF
    This report describes the tasks and demands associated with driving a transit bus, and directly supports the development of design guidelines for future transit safety technologies. The frequency and costs of bus-pedestrian accidents have created considerable interest in technologies that detect pedestrian hazards and warn the bus operator in time ...
  • Relative Frequency of US Pedestrian Injuries Associated with Risk Measured in ComponentLevel Pedestrian Tests
    Relative Frequency of U.S. Pedestrian Injuries Associated with Risk Measured in Component-Level Pedestrian Tests
    Mallory, Ann ;
    Yarnell, Brittany
    2019-05-01 | PDF
    U.S. pedestrian injury cases were analyzed to estimate the frequency of injuries associated with impacts to vehicle components that could be tested by available component-level pedestrian test equipment. The relative frequencies of injuries that could be affected by pedestrian headform tests, upper legform tests, and lower legform tests were compar ...
  • Advanced Automatic Collision Notification Research Report
    Advanced Automatic Collision Notification Research Report
    Lee, E. ;
    Wu, J.
    2019-05-01 | PDF
    This document describes recent progress made by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to better understand the safety potential and technical considerations of post-crash technologies such as automatic collision notification (ACN) and advanced automatic collision notification (AACN). These technologies provide automatic notification of ...
  • Crashworthiness Models for Automotive Batteries
    Crashworthiness Models for Automotive Batteries
    Turner, John A. ;
    Kalnaus, Sergiy
    2019-05-01 | PDF
    Safety is a key element of any device designed to store energy, particularly of electrochemical batteries, which convert energy of chemical reactions to electrical energy. Safety considerations are especially important when applied to large automotive batteries designed for propulsion of electric vehicles (EV). The high amount of energy stored in E ...
  • Safety Performance of Rechargeable Energy Storage Systems
    Safety Performance of Rechargeable Energy Storage Systems
    United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
    2019-05-01 | PDF
    The purpose of this project is to develop objective test procedures for meaningful, comparable, and quantitative evaluations of Li-ion based Rechargeable Energy Storage Systems (RESSs) in hybrid electric vehicle (HEV), plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) and electric vehicle (EV) platforms. The test procedures are applicable to all components of ...
  • Indicators of Driver Adaptation to Forward Collision Warnings A Naturalistic Driving Evaluation
    Indicators of Driver Adaptation to Forward Collision Warnings: A Naturalistic Driving Evaluation
    Nodine, Emily E. ;
    Fisher, Donald L.
    2019-05-01 | PDF
    Over the past decade, several studies have determined that vehicles equipped with forward collision warning (FCW) systems can help drivers reduce their likelihood of getting into a crash. To date, the research has only addressed the initial safety benefits incurred by drivers using FCW systems based on short-term exposure (up to one month), and not ...
  • WorldSID 50th Percentile Male Dummy Seating Procedure Evaluation and Revision
    WorldSID 50th Percentile Male Dummy Seating Procedure Evaluation and Revision
    Louden, Allison E.
    2019-04-01 | PDF
    NHTSA developed a seating procedure for the WorldSID 50th percentile male dummy (WSID-50M) and subsequently developed a seating procedure for the THOR 50th percentile male dummy (THOR-50M). These original procedures were publicly released in December 2015. Since the THOR-50M and the WSID-50M are built based on the same anthropometry study, the orig ...
  • An Assessment Method for Automotive Intrusion Detection System Performance
    An Assessment Method for Automotive Intrusion Detection System Performance
    Stachowski, Stephen ;
    Gaynier, Ron
    2019-04-01 | PDF
    In response to the increased attack surfaces on modern vehicles due to expanded use of software and the introduction of wireless interfaces, a new market has emerged for intrusion detection systems (IDSs), which can detect some types of attacks and are under development by several companies. NHTSA requested development and demonstration of a method ...
  • Structural CountermeasureResearch Program
    Structural Countermeasure/Research Program
    Reichert, Rudolf ;
    Kan, Steve
    2019-04-01 | PDF
    Crash test results have shown that vehicles that receive good ratings in existing co-linear consumer information tests still may require structural modifications for good performance in NHTSA’s frontal oblique test procedure. The purpose of this study is to determine incremental vehicle structural change requirements and their associated mass and c ...
  • Test Track Procedures for HeavyVehicle Forward Collision Warning and Automatic Emergency Braking Systems
    Test Track Procedures for Heavy-Vehicle Forward Collision Warning and Automatic Emergency Braking Systems
    Elsasser, Devin ;
    Salaani, M. Kamel
    2019-03-01 | PDF
    This report describes objective test track procedures developed by NHTSA to collect performance data on trucks and buses with gross vehicle weight ratings over 4,536 kg (10,000 lbs) and equipped with forward collision warning (FCW) and automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems. These safety systems are designed to mitigate or avoid the most frequen ...
  • Semiautomatic Headlamp Beam Switching Device Confirmation Test Test Procedure Assessment
    Semiautomatic Headlamp Beam Switching Device Confirmation Test – Test Procedure Assessment
    Mazzae, Elizabeth N. ;
    Andrella, Adam T.
    2019-02-01 | PDF
    This report summarizes evaluation of a draft test procedure for confirming the presence of a semiautomatic headlamp beam switching device. For the presence of a semiautomatic headlamp beam switching device to be confirmed, the vehicle had to be observed automatically engaging the upper beam headlamps upon reaching the system activation travel speed ...
  • Development of a Surrogate Shoulder Belt Retractor for Sled Testing of Booster Seats
    Development of a Surrogate Shoulder Belt Retractor for Sled Testing of Booster Seats
    Manary, Miriam A. ;
    Klinich, Kathleen D.
    2019-01-01 | PDF
    The goal of this research program was to develop a surrogate seat belt retractor that could be used repeatedly to evaluate booster seats using a seat belt system similar to that found in passenger vehicles. Dynamic sled tests of four different backless booster products, along with a no-booster condition, were performed using a preliminary revision ...
  • Cybersecurity Research Considerations for Heavy Vehicles
    Cybersecurity Research Considerations for Heavy Vehicles
    Stachowski, Stephen ;
    Bielawski, Russ
    2018-12-01 | PDF
    The intent of this research is to investigate cybersecurity aspects of medium-duty/heavy-duty (MD/HD) trucks (classes 1 to 8) and compare those aspects to passenger vehicles. Information collected had a significant bias to-wards HD vehicles (class 7/8), as opposed to MD vehicles. This was due to the discovery process yielding very limited data on M ...
  • Auditory Alert Characteristics Impact on Crash Avoidance Warning Response
    Auditory Alert Characteristics Impact on Crash Avoidance Warning Response
    Marshall, Dawn ;
    Boyle, Linda Ng
    2018-12-01 | PDF
    The goal of this study was to understand driver response to a range of auditory characteristic levels, specifically to identify characteristics of a crash warning auditory interface that are measurable and have the potential to provide safety benefits. Drivers were exposed to driving scenarios with potential crash threats in a medium-fidelity drivi ...
  • Functional Safety Assessment of a Generic Accelerator Control System With Electronic Throttle Control in Fuel Cell Hybrid Electric Vehicles
    Functional Safety Assessment of a Generic Accelerator Control System With Electronic Throttle Control in Fuel Cell Hybrid Electric Vehicles
    Becker, Christopher ;
    Nasser, Ahmad
    2018-12-01 | PDF
    This report describes research assessing the functional safety of accelerator control systems with electronic faults, such as errant electronic throttle control signals, following an industry process standard. This study focuses specifically on errant signals in motor vehicles with fuel cell hybrid electric propulsion. This study follows the concep ...
  • Naturalistic Study of Level 2 Driving Automation Functions
    Naturalistic Study of Level 2 Driving Automation Functions
    Russell, Sheldon M. ;
    Blanco, Myra
    2018-11-01 | PDF
    This document presents methods and results for the Naturalistic Study of Level 2 Driving Automation Functions (L2 NDS). The objective of the L2 NDS project was to investigate, through a naturalistic driving study (NDS), real-world driver interaction with commercially available driving automation systems. Ten vehicles equipped with both lateral and ...
  • Field Study of LightVehicle Crash Avoidance Systems Automatic Emergency Braking and Dynamic Brake Support
    Field Study of Light-Vehicle Crash Avoidance Systems: Automatic Emergency Braking and Dynamic Brake Support
    Flannagan, Carol A. ;
    LeBlanc, David J.
    2018-10-01 | PDF
    From a methodological perspective, the telematics-based, large-scale data collection technique has strengths for evaluating safety systems, including cost, sample size, drivers using their own vehicles, ability to look at long-term effects, data efficiency, and the ability to get “rapid-turnaround” large-scale results. These strengths are particula ...
  • Performance Assessment of Prototype Seat Belt Misuse Detection System
    Performance Assessment of Prototype Seat Belt Misuse Detection System
    Mazzae, Elizabeth N. ;
    Baldwin, G.H. Scott
    2018-10-01 | PDF
    Seat belt interlock systems may be an effective means of increasing seat belt use in light vehicles. A seat belt interlock system determines if a vehicle occupant is not wearing the seat belt properly and, if seat belt misuse is detected, takes some action to limit the operation of the vehicle. In 2016, NHTSA funded a project to develop a prototype ...
  • Functional Safety Assessment of a Generic Accelerator Control System with Electronic Throttle Control in DieselFueled Vehicles
    Functional Safety Assessment of a Generic Accelerator Control System with Electronic Throttle Control in Diesel-Fueled Vehicles
    Van Eikema Hommes, Qi ;
    Becker, Christopher
    2018-10-01 | PDF
    This report describes the research assessing the functional safety of accelerator control systems with electronic faults, such as errant electronic throttle control signals, following an industry process standard. This study focuses specifically on errant signals in motor vehicles powered by diesel engines. The study follows the concept phase proce ...
  • Examination of a Prototype Camera Monitor System for Light Vehicle Outside Mirror Replacement
    Examination of a Prototype Camera Monitor System for Light Vehicle Outside Mirror Replacement
    Mazzae, Elizabeth N. ;
    Baldwin, G.H. Scott
    2018-10-01 | PDF
    This report describes the examination of a prototype side camera monitor system (CMS) used in lieu of outside rearview mirrors on a light vehicle to learn about the technology and related issues as NHTSA considers whether to revise FMVSS No. 111 to permit such technologies as an alternative compliance option. A 2016 Audi A4 equipped with a prototyp ...
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